SHOOTS Synonyms: 341 Similar and Opposite Words

shoots 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of shoot

as in fires

to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force BB guns shoot small round metal pellets

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as in blasts

to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force soldiers train extensively to learn to shoot accurately and quickly

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as in pops

to strike with a missile from a gun hunters can shoot deer only during the legally specified open season

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as in rushes

to proceed or move quickly some show-off shot past all the other skiers on the slope

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as in photographs

to take a photograph of shooting the lakeside scene while the light lasted

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as in casts

to throw or give off suddenly the old, broken-down toaster began shooting out sparks

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as in shouts

to voice one's opinions freely with force you've been wanting to say something since this meeting started, so shoot

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as in sprinkles

to mark with small spots especially unevenly hazel eyes that were brown shot with green

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as in sends

to cause to go or be taken from one place to another shot a congratulatory e-mail to his friend as soon as he heard the good news

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shoots

2 of 2

noun

plural of shoot

as in limbs

a branch of a main stem especially of a plant collected the most tender shoots for the vegetable dish he was making

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as in pains

a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body there'd be a shoot of pain from that molar whenever I bit down

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Recent Examples of shoots

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As rehearsals move forward, Eisenberg repeats key scenes in the play and shoots them differently each time, his camera coming to represent Mona’s shifting perspective. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2026 Salaün relishes a contest on her 3-pointer and shoots better with a defender in her face. — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Bigelow shoots with a clear-eyed ferocity that puts many modern action directors to shame. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026 An agent in front of the car shoots Good multiple times, first through the windshield and then through the driver’s-side window. — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 Catherine, hellbent on learning who killed her friend Isabel (Larissa Campos), quietly enters the greenhouse to confront Emma, who shoots her. — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026 Later, the dual protagonist perspectives come into play during a police chase when Lucia takes the wheel while Jason shoots out the window. — Angela Yang, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026 Even during the rut, Infalt shoots most of his mature bucks in the thick stuff near where deer sleep. — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026 The gunman shoots him in the right arm and chest before grabbing the bag and going behind the counter. — Aziza Shuler, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

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But more critical than the technical logistics of these shoots was posing the questions that arose from their aftermath. — Jp Mangalindan, Time, 11 Sep. 2026 Producer Cattleya Paosrijarern, whose work centers on independent and auteur cinema, says international shoots and homegrown storytelling can coexist without one undermining the other. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026 Producers try to keep shoots within a 30-mile radius of downtown Atlanta. — Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 9 Sep. 2026 Green shoots should grow from the top of the onion in a few days. — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 8 Sep. 2026 While there were traditional photo and video shoots, the event featured physical, mental and emotional self-care activities along with discussions surrounding teen suicide prevention. — Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026 Our shoots turned into mob scenes and security became an issue. — Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2026 The cut will stimulate the plant to push out two shoots, namely, the new flower spikes (one on each side of the main stem). — David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 6 Sep. 2026 Hong, favoring a backward-facing view of the mayhem, shoots in lengthy takes that swerve and snake with rough-and-tumble precision; the energies of car and camera seem to fuse into one. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoots

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In the highlight, Marshall retrieves the ball and oddly fires it back to the infield, fooling no one.

— Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
The fact is, MLB’s next expansion derby isn’t going to be won by the city that wakes up after Commissioner Rob Manfred fires the starting gun.

— Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of fires

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Where Saka pops up throughout the 2026-27 season will be particularly interesting.

— Art de Roché, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
When their family's love curse pops up again, the siblings work with their aunts (Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest) and Sally's kids (Joey King and Maisie Williams) to break it once and for all.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of pops

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Put more simply, QBI takes into account passes, rushes, scrambles, sacks, turnovers and anything else that happens when the football is in the quarterback’s hands.

— Austin Mock, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
An already small venue has been reduced in size even further as the club rushes through expansion to reach the league minimum of 15,000 capacity by the spring.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of rushes

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Lucero does portraits of a calavera, which is an artist’s representation of a skull or skeleton, then photographs each person having their portrait done.

— Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Flock's technology, which photographs every passing license plate and uses AI to extract data, has been installed across thousands of American cities and towns.

— Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of photographs

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The 1959 image features his father, a shoe repairman, in a wooden chair reading the Spanish-language newspaper La Opinión, while his side profile casts a shadow on a vintage console to his side.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Zhang Ding, a key figure in Chinese contemporary art, contributes a piece composed of golden light panels that casts an almost sacred glow, illuminating transparent glass humanoid heads with gemstone-like surfaces.

— Denni Hu, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of casts

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O’Kane shouts when Tom Brokaw announces that one of the men suspected of plotting the attack has been detained.

— Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
Fighters loyal to the Houthi authorities, shouts slogans during a rally to recruit more fighters, in Sanaa on September 10, 2026.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of shouts

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Kemery sprinkles the tiny seeds either in late fall or very early spring, when there’s still a chance of frost, since cold spells offer the best germination.

— SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 11 July 2026
Thomson sprinkles critique throughout his book like seasoning unevenly applied to a gamey piece of meat.

— Michael O’Donnell, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026